diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 1b2f008db9787801c5c3bb675285c50ca71a87a9..cb0df37950b763d489e399d55842a0d9c35187a5 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct fib_nh {
 struct fib_info {
 	struct hlist_node	fib_hash;
 	struct hlist_node	fib_lhash;
+	struct net		*fib_net;
 	int			fib_treeref;
 	atomic_t		fib_clntref;
 	int			fib_dead;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 5beff2e02751224a69dcacaa39745e05e8e598b0..97cc494126842ed78ef3efd9b0caf14383442f9f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg)
 	struct fib_info *fi = NULL;
 	struct fib_info *ofi;
 	int nhs = 1;
+	struct net *net = cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net;
 
 	/* Fast check to catch the most weird cases */
 	if (fib_props[cfg->fc_type].scope > cfg->fc_scope)
@@ -727,6 +728,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg)
 		goto failure;
 	fib_info_cnt++;
 
+	fi->fib_net = net;
 	fi->fib_protocol = cfg->fc_protocol;
 	fi->fib_flags = cfg->fc_flags;
 	fi->fib_priority = cfg->fc_priority;
@@ -798,8 +800,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg)
 		if (nhs != 1 || nh->nh_gw)
 			goto err_inval;
 		nh->nh_scope = RT_SCOPE_NOWHERE;
-		nh->nh_dev = dev_get_by_index(cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net,
-					      fi->fib_nh->nh_oif);
+		nh->nh_dev = dev_get_by_index(net, fi->fib_nh->nh_oif);
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		if (nh->nh_dev == NULL)
 			goto failure;
@@ -813,8 +814,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg)
 	if (fi->fib_prefsrc) {
 		if (cfg->fc_type != RTN_LOCAL || !cfg->fc_dst ||
 		    fi->fib_prefsrc != cfg->fc_dst)
-			if (inet_addr_type(cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net,
-					   fi->fib_prefsrc) != RTN_LOCAL)
+			if (inet_addr_type(net, fi->fib_prefsrc) != RTN_LOCAL)
 				goto err_inval;
 	}